M. C. Brandriss

Proline biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the PRO3 gene, which encodes delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase.

Brandriss, M C, Falvey, D A

The PRO3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the 286-amino-acid protein delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase [L-proline:NAD(P+) 5-oxidoreductase; EC 1.5.1.2], which catalyzes the final step...

Proline biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: molecular analysis of the PRO1 gene, which encodes gamma-glutamyl kinase.

Li, W, Brandriss, M C

The PRO1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the 428-amino-acid protein gamma-glutamyl kinase (ATP:L-glutamate 5-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.2.11), which catalyzes the first step in proline...

Gene-enzyme relationships in the proline biosynthetic pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tomenchok, D M, Brandriss, M C

The PRO1, PRO2, and PRO3 genes were isolated by functional complementation of pro1, pro2, and pro3 (proline-requiring) strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Independent clones with overlapping inserts...

Proline transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Lasko, P F, Brandriss, M C

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is capable of utilizing proline as the sole source of nitrogen. Mutants of S. cerevisiae with defective proline transport were isolated by selecting for resistance...

Genetics and physiology of proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: enzyme induction by proline.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Proline is converted to glutamate in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the sequential action of two enzymes, proline oxidase and delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase. The levels of...

Genetics and physiology of proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: mutation causing constitutive enzyme expression.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

A mutation resulting in inducer-independent expression of the proline-degradative enzymes was isolated in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Strains carrying the mutation, put3, are partially...

Subcellular compartmentation in control of converging pathways for proline and arginine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Enzymes of proline biosynthesis and proline degradation which act on the same compound, delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate, are physically separated in yeast cells. The enzyme responsible for the final...

Roles of URE2 and GLN3 in the proline utilization pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Xu, S, Falvey, D A, Brandriss, M C

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can use alternative nitrogen sources such as arginine, urea, allantoin, gamma-aminobutyrate, or proline when preferred nitrogen sources like glutamine, asparagine,...

Proline: an essential intermediate in arginine degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Results of studies on proline-nonutilizing (Put-) mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae indicate that proline is an essential intermediate in the degradation of arginine. Put- mutants...

Proline-independent binding of PUT3 transcriptional activator protein detected by footprinting in vivo.

Axelrod, J D, Majors, J, Brandriss, M C

The PUT3 gene product is a transcriptional activator required for expression of the enzymes of the proline utilization pathway. Using two methods of footprinting in vivo, we have determined that PUT3...

Analysis of constitutive and noninducible mutations of the PUT3 transcriptional activator.

Marczak, J E, Brandriss, M C

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PUT3 gene encodes a transcriptional activator that binds to DNA sequences in the promoters of the proline utilization genes and is required for the basal and induced...

Isolation of constitutive mutations affecting the proline utilization pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and molecular analysis of the PUT3 transcriptional activator.

Marczak, J E, Brandriss, M C

The enzymes of the proline utilization pathway (the products of the PUT1 and PUT2 genes) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are coordinately regulated by proline and the PUT3 transcriptional activator. To...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PUT3 activator protein associates with proline-specific upstream activation sequences.

Siddiqui, A H, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 and PUT2 genes encoding the enzymes of the proline utilization pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are induced by proline and activated by the product of the PUT3 gene. Two upstream...

A regulatory region responsible for proline-specific induction of the yeast PUT2 gene is adjacent to its TATA box.

Siddiqui, A H, Brandriss, M C

Deletion analysis of the promoter of the PUT2 gene that functions in the proline utilization pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified a PUT2 upstream activation site (UAS). It is contained...

Amino-terminal fragments of delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase direct beta-galactosidase to the mitochondrial matrix in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Krzywicki, K A

delta 1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase, the second enzyme in the proline utilization (Put) pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the product of the PUT2 gene, was localized to the...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the cloned PUT1 gene.

Wang, S S, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 gene was isolated by functional complementation of a put1 (proline oxidase-deficient) mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Three independent clones with overlapping inserts of 6.8, 10.5,...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: sequence, regulation, and mitochondrial localization of the PUT1 gene product.

Wang, S S, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, believed to encode proline oxidase, has been completely sequenced and contains an open reading frame capable of encoding a polypeptide of 476 amino acids in...

Primary structure of the nuclear PUT2 gene involved in the mitochondrial pathway for proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Krzywicki, K A, Brandriss, M C

The PUT2 gene, believed to encode delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase, has been completely sequenced. The DNA contains an open reading frame of 1,725 base pairs encoding a protein of 575...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the cloned PUT2 gene.

Brandriss, M C

The PUT2 gene was isolated on a 6.5-kilobase insert of a recombinant DNA plasmid by functional complementation of a put2 (delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase-deficient) mutation in...

Isolation and preliminary characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae proline auxotrophs.

Brandriss, M C

Proline-requiring mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated. Each mutation is recessive and is inherited as expected for a single nuclear gene. Three complementation groups cold be defined...

Functional Analysis of the Put3 Transcriptional Activator of the Proline Utilization Pathway in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Des-Etages, SAG., Falvey, D. A., Reece, R. J., Brandriss, M. C.

Proline can serve as a nitrogen source for the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae when preferred sources of nitrogen are absent from the growth medium. PUT3, the activator of the proline utilization...

Proline biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the PRO3 gene, which encodes delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase.

Brandriss, M C, Falvey, D A

The PRO3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the 286-amino-acid protein delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase [L-proline:NAD(P+) 5-oxidoreductase; EC 1.5.1.2], which catalyzes the final step...

Proline biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: molecular analysis of the PRO1 gene, which encodes gamma-glutamyl kinase.

Li, W, Brandriss, M C

The PRO1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the 428-amino-acid protein gamma-glutamyl kinase (ATP:L-glutamate 5-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.2.11), which catalyzes the first step in proline...

Gene-enzyme relationships in the proline biosynthetic pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tomenchok, D M, Brandriss, M C

The PRO1, PRO2, and PRO3 genes were isolated by functional complementation of pro1, pro2, and pro3 (proline-requiring) strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Independent clones with overlapping inserts...

Proline transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Lasko, P F, Brandriss, M C

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is capable of utilizing proline as the sole source of nitrogen. Mutants of S. cerevisiae with defective proline transport were isolated by selecting for resistance...

Genetics and physiology of proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: enzyme induction by proline.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Proline is converted to glutamate in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the sequential action of two enzymes, proline oxidase and delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase. The levels of...

Genetics and physiology of proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: mutation causing constitutive enzyme expression.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

A mutation resulting in inducer-independent expression of the proline-degradative enzymes was isolated in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Strains carrying the mutation, put3, are partially...

Subcellular compartmentation in control of converging pathways for proline and arginine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Enzymes of proline biosynthesis and proline degradation which act on the same compound, delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate, are physically separated in yeast cells. The enzyme responsible for the final...

Isolation and preliminary characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae proline auxotrophs.

Brandriss, M C

Proline-requiring mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated. Each mutation is recessive and is inherited as expected for a single nuclear gene. Three complementation groups cold be defined...

Roles of URE2 and GLN3 in the proline utilization pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Xu, S, Falvey, D A, Brandriss, M C

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can use alternative nitrogen sources such as arginine, urea, allantoin, gamma-aminobutyrate, or proline when preferred nitrogen sources like glutamine, asparagine,...

Proline: an essential intermediate in arginine degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Magasanik, B

Results of studies on proline-nonutilizing (Put-) mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae indicate that proline is an essential intermediate in the degradation of arginine. Put- mutants...

Proline-independent binding of PUT3 transcriptional activator protein detected by footprinting in vivo.

Axelrod, J D, Majors, J, Brandriss, M C

The PUT3 gene product is a transcriptional activator required for expression of the enzymes of the proline utilization pathway. Using two methods of footprinting in vivo, we have determined that PUT3...

Analysis of constitutive and noninducible mutations of the PUT3 transcriptional activator.

Marczak, J E, Brandriss, M C

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PUT3 gene encodes a transcriptional activator that binds to DNA sequences in the promoters of the proline utilization genes and is required for the basal and induced...

Isolation of constitutive mutations affecting the proline utilization pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and molecular analysis of the PUT3 transcriptional activator.

Marczak, J E, Brandriss, M C

The enzymes of the proline utilization pathway (the products of the PUT1 and PUT2 genes) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are coordinately regulated by proline and the PUT3 transcriptional activator. To...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PUT3 activator protein associates with proline-specific upstream activation sequences.

Siddiqui, A H, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 and PUT2 genes encoding the enzymes of the proline utilization pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are induced by proline and activated by the product of the PUT3 gene. Two upstream...

A regulatory region responsible for proline-specific induction of the yeast PUT2 gene is adjacent to its TATA box.

Siddiqui, A H, Brandriss, M C

Deletion analysis of the promoter of the PUT2 gene that functions in the proline utilization pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified a PUT2 upstream activation site (UAS). It is contained...

Amino-terminal fragments of delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase direct beta-galactosidase to the mitochondrial matrix in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Brandriss, M C, Krzywicki, K A

delta 1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase, the second enzyme in the proline utilization (Put) pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the product of the PUT2 gene, was localized to the...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the cloned PUT1 gene.

Wang, S S, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 gene was isolated by functional complementation of a put1 (proline oxidase-deficient) mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Three independent clones with overlapping inserts of 6.8, 10.5,...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: sequence, regulation, and mitochondrial localization of the PUT1 gene product.

Wang, S S, Brandriss, M C

The PUT1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, believed to encode proline oxidase, has been completely sequenced and contains an open reading frame capable of encoding a polypeptide of 476 amino acids in...

Primary structure of the nuclear PUT2 gene involved in the mitochondrial pathway for proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Krzywicki, K A, Brandriss, M C

The PUT2 gene, believed to encode delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase, has been completely sequenced. The DNA contains an open reading frame of 1,725 base pairs encoding a protein of 575...

Proline utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of the cloned PUT2 gene.

Brandriss, M C

The PUT2 gene was isolated on a 6.5-kilobase insert of a recombinant DNA plasmid by functional complementation of a put2 (delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase-deficient) mutation in...

Functional Analysis of the Put3 Transcriptional Activator of the Proline Utilization Pathway in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Des-Etages, SAG., Falvey, D. A., Reece, R. J., Brandriss, M. C.

Proline can serve as a nitrogen source for the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae when preferred sources of nitrogen are absent from the growth medium. PUT3, the activator of the proline utilization...